Tag:university

• UNC will lower costs by practicing discipline, accountability

  Higher costs slow the rate of college attainment, leading to slower job growth and a greater divide between those with a degree and those without.

  by Peter Hans
• Friday Interview: Colleges Too Often Subsidize Failure

  RALEIGH — Public universities are facing a new economic reality, as states decide to reduce funding and expect a lot more fiscal accountability. Now, in response, schools are cutting costs, raising tuition, and sometimes both. Jenna Ashley Robinson, outreach coordinator for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, says there…

  by CJ Staff
• What A University Is Not

  RALEIGH — This year, 2009, has been an annus horribilis for the University of North Carolina system. Permanent budgets have been cut in the range of 6 to 10 percent and many activities frozen.

  by Andy Taylor
• UNC System Finds It Hard to Put Brakes on Spending

  RALEIGH — The problem with letting “the good times” roll is that it is hard to stop the rolling when the economy goes downhill. During the last few years, while North Carolina’s powerful economy filled the state coffers, the University of North Carolina started many new, expensive programs. This year,…

  by Jay Schalin
• Charters Could Boost Teacher Training

  RALEIGH – The University of North Carolina could boost its teacher-training programs by starting charter schools at most UNC campuses. That’s the key recommendation in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.

  by CJ Staff
• Where The Money Is

  Don't blame a successful lobbying group for understanding the rules of the game.

  by Jane S. Shaw
• Reflections on L’Affair Lacrosse

  Heard enough about the alleged rape at a party held by the Duke University lacrosse team? Feel free to treat this as a rhetorical question, because the copious coverage will continue.

  by John Hood
• Colleges Lobby for More Funds

  RALEIGH — University, community college, and state budget office officials spent part of last week lobbying state legislators for more funding for higher education, while arguing against proposed line-item budget cuts. University of North Carolina President Molly Broad, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser, and North Carolina A&T Chancellor James Renick…

• Faculty Calls for Open Search

  RALEIGH — The executive committee of the Faculty Senate of North Carolina State University has joined the chorus in calling for an open chancellor search. Students, alumni, media organizations, and well-wishers have all sought an open search process. Officials with UNC and UNC President Molly Broad have always argued that…

  by Jon Sanders
• When You Subsidize, Optimize

  When government has a legitimate interest in subsidizing something, it has a legitimate responsibility to do it wisely.

  by John Hood